Showcase



W. P. HHVIES.

SHOWCASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 29,1920.

Patented A101: 263 392i 4 SHEETS-SHEET I.

WITNESSES 14 TTOR/VEVS W. P., HIMES.

SHOWCASE. APPLICATION FILED MAR 29, I920.

Patented Apr. 26, 19210 4 SHEETS-SHEET Z.

W. Pv HHVIES.

SHOWCASE.

N FILED MAR 29.1920.

APPLICATIO Patented Apr. 2% 119216 4 SHEETSSHEET 3.

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SHOWCASE,

APPLICATION FILED MAR 29,1.L0,

Patented Apr. 26 21921 4 SHEETS SHEET 4.

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wALrEarAYNE HiMEs, or NEW BETHLEHEM. PENNSYLVANIA,.ASSIGNOR or 01w- HALF'ro LESLIE 1a. HIMES, oE NEW BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOWCASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1221.

Application filed March 29, 1920. Serial No. 369,493.

invented a new and Improved Showcase, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to store furniture and its object is to provide anew and improved show or display case more especially designed to be setagainst a wall and which is exceedingly strong and durable inconstruction and practically moistureproof.

Another object is to permit of readily assembling the parts in themanufacture of the show case.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claims. v i

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a-front elevation of the improved show case; Fig. 2 is aside elevation of tliesame; Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section of thesame on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a similar view of a portion of the upperor shelf compartmentof the show case, the section being. on the'line 1-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional plan view of the improved show case, thesection being on the line 55 of Fig; 3; v

Fig. 6 is a similar view of the same on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is a similar View of the same on the line 77 of Fig. 1; Fig. 8 isan enlarged sectional front elevation of the improved show case on theline 8-8 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the sides of the lowercompartment; and

F igf 10 is a sectional plan view of the joint connecting two show caseswith each other.

The improved show case in 1ts.general construction consists of a base10. a lower compartment 11 and an upper or shelf compartment 12 set ontop of the lower compartment 11. The base 10 is in the form of a hollowbox-like structure, open at the top and; bottom and comprising a sheetmetal front 15, a sheet metal back 16 (see Fig. 3) and sheet metal sides17' (see Fig. 8). I The front, back and sides of the base 10 areprovided with inwardly turned flanges 18,19 and 20 for supporting thebase on a floor or other s'uitable support, and to the front 15 and thesides 17 are fastened slabs 25, 25 of marble or other suit-ablematerial,

preferably bythe use of bolts 2'7, as plainly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

The upper ends of the front 15, back 16 and sides 17 are provided withinwardly turned flanges 30, 31 and 32, andon the flanges 31 and 32 reststhe bottom-4:0 of the lower compartment 11 and which. bottom forms thetop for the base 10. A bottom plate 11 overlies the front flange 30 and,this bottom plate 41 is spaced from the bottom 40 to provide a sidewiseextending slot 42. The bottom plate 41 is provided with an angularflange 43 extending over the outer face of the upper portion of thefront 15, and this flange 13 is fastened in place with the upper row ofbolts 27 used for fastening the front slab 25 to the front 15. v

The lower compartment 11 is open at the front and is formed of the sides50 and the back 51 of sheet metal and having inturned flanges 52 and 53(see Figs. 3 and 8 of which the flanges 52 rest on the flanges 32' whilethe flanges 53 rest on the bottom 40. The backs 16 and 51 and theirflanges 31 and 53 are reinforced by angle irons 54, 55 fastened to theback 16 by bolts 56, 57 or similar fastening means, and bolts 58 connectthe angle .irons 54:, 55 with each other andpass through the flanges31and 53 and the bottom 10. to firmly secure thelower compartment 11 tothe base 10K The upper end of each side 50 is provided with aninwardlyturned flange 60 terminating in a downwardly extending flange 61from which. extends outwardly a flange 62, as plainly indicated in Fig.8. Betweenthe inner flanges 61 of the two sides 50 extends a top 65,preferably in the form of a "glass" plate, to close the top of the lowercomtwo sliding doors 70 and 71 each preferably made of a single sheet ofglass of suiflcient thickness to dispense with frames for the same.

The doors '70 and 71 vided. on the face nea 1r outer edges with recesses72, 73 forming finger holds for conveniently sliding the doors into openor closed position. 1 The doors 70 and 71 are inclined upwardly andrearwardly and their lower ends extend through the slot 12 and rest on atrack formed of two sets of rollers 74, 75 mounted to turn on rivets orbolts 76 attached to angle irons 77 and 78, of which the "angle iron 77is secured by bolts 79 to the under side of the top flange 30 and theplate 41, as plainly shown in Fig. The angle iron 78 is fastened to thefront margin of the bottom 10 by bolts 80. The setsof rollers 74, 75 arespaced apart by division plates 81 held on the rivets 76. When the doors7 0 and 71 are in closed position, as shown in Fig. 1, then theiradjacent inner sides slightly overlap to completely close the frontopenend of the lower compartment 11. In order to open the door 70 the latteris moved to the right and in are proorder to open the door 71 the.latter is moved to the left. The upper ends of the doors 7 0 and 71engage a guideway'forrned by two angle irons .90'and 91 having endflanges 92 and 93 fastened by bolts 94:, 95 to the inner flanges 61 ofthe sides 50. By reference to Fig. 3 it will be noticed that the upperends of the doors and 71 are a' dis tance below the top of the guidewayto allow of conveniently inserting the doors or removing the samewhenever'it is desired to do so. In order ,to hold the upper ends of thedoors 70 and 71 spaced apart use is made of a partition100 formed of apiece of doubled-up sheet metal 101 extending around the angle iron andsecured thereto by screws 102 or other suitable fastening devices; Asimilar piece of metal 105 covers the front portion of the angle iron 91and extends over the top thereof *to abut with. its inner edge againstthe partition 100. This piece or'metal 105 is fastened in place ontheangle iron 91 by. screws 106 or similar fastening devices. It will benoticedthat by the arrangement described the doors 70 and 71 can beeasily moved into open or closed position without danger of binding andthe doors are held properly spaced apart by the division. plates 81 andat the track and guideways respectively. A piece 107 of felt orother'suitable material is preferably interpo'sedbetween .the top 65 andthe metal pieces 101, to provide a cushioning seat for the glass top 65.Bumpers 108 are secured to the sides 50 at the ends of the glass doors70 and 71 to cushion the latter when in closed position.

The upper end of the back 51 is provided with an inwardly extendingflange 110-rein- V forced by an angle iron 111 fastened in place bybolts 112 and 113, of which the bolts 113 also engage an angle iron 114at-' tachedto the back 115 of the upper compartment 12 to fasten thelatter in position on top of the lower compartment 11. Bolts 116 serveto fasten the angle iron 11 1 to the back 115.. @n the back 51 isarranged a mirror 120 engaged at the front and back by cushioning strips121 and 122, of felt or other suitable material, and the said mirror 120is held in place by a metal frame 125, the individual members of whichare fastened by the bolts 57 and 112 to the angle irons 53 and 111. Thetop member of the frame 125 is provided with an extension 126 fastenedby the bolt 113 to the angle iron 111, and this extension 126 supports'afelt strip 127 on which the rear end of the glass top 65 rests. Thesides 50 of the lower compartment 11 are preferably provided withopenings 130, each closed by a glass panel 131 mounted. in a suitableframe 132 fas tened to flanges 133 forming the wall of the correspondingopening (see. Fig. 7).

The upper compartment 12 is provided at each side with front and reartubular legs 1 10 and 1&1 (see Figs. 3 and 6) resting on the top flanges60 of the sides 50 of the lower compartment 11, and the said legs and141 form integral parts of the two sides 1 12 of the upper compartment12. The rear ends of the sides 1 12 are provided with flanges overlyingthe sides of the back 115 and fastened theretd by bolts 1 141 or otherfastening devices. The upper compartment 12 is provided with a bottomfastened at its rear end by bolts 151 to an angle iron 152 secured bybolts 153 to. the back 115, andthe front of the bottom 150 is secured bybolts to an angle iron 156 having end flanges 157 fastened by bolts 158'to the sides 142 (see dotted lines in Fig. 5). The angle iron 156 formswith a. similar angle iron 160 a portion of a track having sets ofrollers 161, 1.62 mounted to turn on r ets 163 connecting the angleirons with each other. The friction rollers 161, 162 are spaced apart bya division plate 16% held on.

Fig. It will be noticed that the bottom 150 forms with the top of thecovering 165 a slot 168 through which extend the lower ends of thesliding doors 170 and 171 for opening and closing the front of the uppercompartment 12. The doors 170 and 171 a that the guideways 172, 173areof sufficient claim are each of a single piece of glass, similar back115. The front of-the bottom 175 terminates in a downwardly extendingcornice supporting platel80 andthe front end of the top 175 and theplate 180 are reinforced by an angle iron 181 fastened in place-abybolts 182 and 183, also serve to fasten the cornice 184cm posi tion onthe front plate 180. The cornice 184 fits between the upper portions ofthe sides 142. By reference to 3 it will be noticed height to permit oflifting the doors 170. and 171 to raise the lower ends thereof out'ofthe slot167 whenever it is desired to remove the doors 170 and 171 fromthe upper compartment 12 orto place thesaid doors in positiono'n thesaid compartment,

The upper compartment 12 is preferably provided with glass shelves 190mounted on brackets 191 j fastened by bolts or other fastening devices192 to the back 115, as 30 plainly shown in Fig. 4:. The back 115' ofthe upper compartment'l2 is provided intermediate the top 65 and thebottom 150 with a mirror 200 engaged along its margin by felt front andrear strips 201,202, and

fastened in place by a metallfram 203 secured in position by the bolts116 and 153 (see Fig. 8).

Whenit is desired to join two show cases.

then one of the sides of the lower and upper compartments of one showcase is omitted,

and the two cases are fastened together, as; indicated in Fig. 10, bythe use of suitable.

bolts 300 with a the back.

joint covering strip 301 at From the foregoing it will be seen that bythe arrangement.described the show case is made only of metal and glasswithout any woodwork whatever,

It will also be noticed that the several parts can be readilymanufactured and assembled.

Having thus described my invention, I as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent v 1. A show case, comprising a hollow metal base,'a lowercompartment attached to the base and made of metal, the said lowercompartment having'sliding glass doors at the front and glass panels atthe sides to illuminate the interior of the compartment, and

an upper metal compartment having hollow legs resting on the sides ofthe said lower compartment, the said upper compartment J havin slidingglass doors at the front.

2. show case, comprising a hollow base,

of which the bolts 183 side of the bottom,

and an exceedingly strong and durable construction is provided. I andrearmetal legs,

a lower compartment attached to the base and having sliding glass doorsat the front and glass panels in its sides, and an upper the lowercompartment to space the upper compartment from the glass top, the saidupper compartment being provided at the front with sliding doors eachformedof a single glass plate. I

4. A show case, comprising ahollow base, a bottom compartment attachedto the said base and having its bottom, sides and back made of sheetmetal, the bottom forming the top of the said base, the said bottomcompartment having a lass top and having glass sliding doors atthefront, a track attached to the under side of the said bottom and thesaid sides and having sets of rollers for the bottom edges of the doorsto slide .on, and guideways underneath the glass top and attached to'thesaid sides of the lower compartment, the said guideways being slidinglyengaged by the upper ends of the said glass doors.-

5. A show case, comprising a hollow base, and a compartment attached tothe said base and having a bottom forming the top'of the base, the saidbottom having a sidewise extending slot,'a track attached to the under.sliding doors for closing the front of the compartment and extendingthroughthe said slot and engaging the said track, and guideways in thetop portion of the compartment and engaged by the upper ends of thedoors.

6."l[n a show case, a compartment having metal sides; a metal bottomprovided with I a sidewise extendin g slot, a metal top and a metalback, the compartment having front a double track attached to the underside of the said bottom and extending along the said slot, the said topbeing formed into spaced guideways extending upward from the top, andglass doors slidingly engaging the said track and the said uideways.

7. Tn a show case,a compartment having metal sides, a metal. bottomprovided with a sidewise extending slot, a metal top and a metal back,thecompartment having front and rear legs, a double track attached tothe under side ofthe said bottom and extending along the said slot, thesaid top being bent to form into spaced guideways extending upward fromthe top, the said track having sets of rollers and a spacing plateseparating the sets of rollers, and' glass doors sliclingly engaging thesaid track and the said guideways.

8. A show case, comprising a metal base,

5 a lower metal compartment attached to the base, and having a glass topsliding glass doors at the front, glass panels in the sides,

and .a mirror in the back, and an upper metal compartment having legsresting on the ment and having a mirror therein.

WALTER PAYNE HIMES.

